Beto O’Rourke
“I’m sorry, you don’t want gun control, but you want door control?!” the “Late Night” host asked in disbelief.
Texas Republicans on stage jeered, insulted, and ejected O’Rourke after he interrupted their press conference.
The Texas gubernatorial candidate has demanded a public trial against a Dallas oil tycoon’s defamation lawsuit, saying, “I am ready for this fight.”
His career is actually not contingent on electoral politics in Texas but, instead, on being a progressive star in the national arena.
“I’d be very surprised if he doesn’t run,” Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), who was O'Rourke's D.C. roommate, said of his friend vying for the Texas governorship.
“A Democratic presidential candidate hasn’t won here since Jimmy Carter in 1976, [but] there’s definitely a different type of energy this cycle,” said one Democratic Party chair.
Robert Smigel explains how he got the Texas senator to embarrass himself and reveals the moment he cut out because he worried it would make Cruz look too good.